Where does “falcatruada” come from?

falcatruada (Galician) comes from Galician -ada, from Old Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

falcatruada (Galician): trickery, fraud; prank; dirty trick

Definitions

  1. trickery, fraud; prank; dirty trick

Ancestry of “falcatruada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-adaforms the feminine singular past participle of...
2Old Portuguese-ada—
3Latin-āta—
Every word from Latin -āta →Every word from Galician -ada →Every word from Old Portuguese -ada →